The Peru Gazette

Blood Center offers  opportunities to donate in June  

Plattsburgh, NY – Blood donations to the Adirondack Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) make a lifesaving difference for patients across the North Country by ensuring a steady and reliable supply of blood for local surgeries, emergency care and ongoing medical treatments

Patients at the Plattsburgh hospital, its northern New York health system partners, Alice Hyde Medical Center and Elizabethtown Community Hospital (including Ticonderoga) along with the Adirondack Medical Center benefit from the generous donations collected and processed by this team of health care professionals. Drives sponsored by local community groups, businesses and organizations are the backbone of the Donor Center’s success.

The June schedule is as follows:

• Monday, June 1, Adirondack Medical Center, Redfield Room, 2233 Route 86, Saranac Lake, noon to 4 pm
• Tuesday, June 2, Long Lake Town Hall, 1204 Main St., 2 to 5 pm
• Wednesday, June 3, Alice Hyde Medical Center, 133 Park St., Malone, 11 am to 3 pm
• Thursday, June 4, Beekmantown Fire Department Station 1, 6978 Route 22, West Chazy, 4 to 7 pm
• Tuesday, June 9, Malone Callfiremen Station, 37 Finney Blvd., Malone, 2 to 6 pm
• Thursday, June 11, Keene Fire Department, 10858 Route 9N, Keene, 3 to 6 pm
• Friday, June 12, Burke Adult Center, 1040 East Main St., Burke, 9 to 11 am
• Monday, June 15, West Chazy Fire Department, West Chazy, 4 to 7 pm
• Wednesday, June 17, Franklin County Court House, 355 West Main St., Malone, 11 am to 2 pm
• Thursday, June 18, Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Ticonderoga Campus, 101 Adirondack Lane, Ticonderoga, 1 to 4 pm
• Wednesday, June 24, Altona Fire Department, 480 Devil’s Den Road, Altona, 4:30 to 8:30 pm
• Thursday, June 25, St. Lawrence County Human Services Center, 80 State Route 310, Canton, noon to 3 pm
• Friday, June 26, Medisca, 626 Tom Miller Road, 1 to 4 pm
• Monday, June 29, Essex Fire Department, 2659 Station Rd., Essex, co-sponsored by Masonic Lodge, 4 to 7 pm
• Tuesday, June 30, FCI Ray Brook, 128 Ray Brook Rd., Ray Brook, 12:30 to 4 pm
• Blood donors must be at least 16 years-old (16- and 17-year-old donors must have written parental/guardian consent), in general good health and weigh at least 110 lbs. A screening questionnaire addressing personal medical, social and travel history is completed prior to donating. A donor card or another form of valid identification is also required. Donors must wait 56 days between donations.
• The Donor Center, located at 85 Plaza Blvd., is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm. No appointment necessary.
• Learn more about the Adirondack Blood Center, giving blood and becoming a sponsor at UVMHealth.org/GiveBlood or call 518-562-7406.